Chapter 374: The Peak of the Decisive Battle (Part 2)
ps: Please vote for me, please recommend...
Golden beads?
Everyone looked at Long Jiang in surprise, obviously no one understood what he meant.
Song Huizong asked curiously: "How do you say this?"
"Your Majesty, please wait a moment."
Long Jiang took a sharp knife from the hands of an apprentice. In a trance, he vaguely saw him holding the knife and gently waving it on the bear's paw. 【】 Please search Piao Tian Literature, the novel will be better and updated faster!
Suddenly I heard a soft "plop" sound.
Another "chi" sound was heard.
Everyone took a closer look and saw that the golden bead on the palm had been scratched by Long Jiang. The juice immediately covered the entire bear's paw, and thick white gas came out. No one could see the bear's paw now.
Zuo Boqing clapped his hands and said: "Drink, that's it, I understand, I understand."
Song Huizong hurriedly asked: "Boqing, what do you understand?"
Zuo Boqing nodded and said: "Returning to the emperor, I understand why Master Long tattooed a hundred small holes on the bear's paw." "Please search Piao Tian Literature, the novel is better and updated faster!"
Song Huizong snorted and said, "Then tell me quickly and listen."
Zuo Boqing looked at Long Jiang and indicated whether you should say it yourself or let me help you. The latter nodded and said, "I also want to hear Mr. Zuo's opinion."
Zuo Boqing then said: "When Master Long brought the bear's paw up just now, it was still steaming. This means that the bear's paw was just taken out of the pot, and Master Long said before that the golden ball It has been frozen, which means that the fish and honey inside is cold. When Master Long cuts the golden beads open, the iced fish and honey will be sprinkled on the hot bear paw. The stewed meat of the bear's paw is originally soft, but When it encounters cold fish honey, it will immediately shrink, and the one hundred small holes are to better absorb the fish honey into the bear's paw. When we cook, we usually boil it to make it delicious, but Master Long does the opposite. Taoist cooking, this hot and cold cooking method is indeed very clever, Bo Qing is ashamed of himself."
Master Long cupped his hands and said with a smile: "No, no, Mr. Zuo has received the award, Mr. Long is just doing his own thing. Mr. Zuo is absolutely right, Mr. Long is taking advantage of the difference between hot and cold to let the secret recipe penetrate into the bear's paw. "But there is no hint of humility on his face. On the contrary, there is a trace of pride, which shows that he is full of confidence in this dish.
"I see."
Song Huizong nodded slightly and said: "This is the first time I have seen this cooking method."
Duan Zhengwen shook his head and sighed: "In this way, the bear paws and fish honey juice are perfectly blended. The taste is really self-evident."
Zhao Kai suddenly shouted: "Father, look quickly, golden palm, golden palm."
Everyone subconsciously looked at the bear's paw, and immediately there was a burst of exclamations.
It turns out that after the white air dissipated, the bear's paws, which were originally red, have now turned golden, and the golden light is shining, but it is even more attractive.
Song Huizong felt very curious and asked: "Master Long, why is this? The bear's paw was clearly bright in color just now, why does it turn golden now?"
Long Jiang replied: "This is because when I was making the fish honey juice, I put a special material in it to make it golden. When the bear's paws absorbed the fish honey juice, the color naturally turned golden."
"Wonderful, so wonderful!"
Cai Jingdu couldn't help but applaud and said: "This is the first time I have seen a dish that changes color. Haha, Master Long, your cooking skills are really beyond words."
Zuo Boqing also sighed: "It turns out there is such a meaning here. This golden bead in the palm is really amazing."
Gao Ping and Guo Qian on the side saw it, and they couldn't help but feel a little discouraged. They could only trust in their hearts that this dish was just superficial and tasted average.
It's a pity that after Song Huizong and others tasted it, the glimmer of hope in his heart was shattered.
When Emperor Huizong of the Song Dynasty put the bear paw meat into his mouth, there was just a rich aroma without even a trace of fishy smell. Not only that, every time he chewed it, it was juicy, sweet and delicious, not greasy, and crispy.
, and the chewy and chewy bear paw meat has the original meaty aroma, which really brings out the three flavors of sweet, fresh and salty. I slapped the table, shouted "Hello", and said: "The ancients said that fish and bear paws cannot have both.
Yes, but Master Long’s dish perfectly combines the two, so that you have me in you, and I have you in you. The taste is really self-evident, good, well done.”
Everyone also applauded and praised constantly. The only pity is that the bear paw is so big and each person only has a small piece, so it is really not enough to eat.
After Long Jiang enjoyed everyone's praise, he stepped aside and stood with Guo Qian and Gao Ping. Gao and Guo were very unhappy when they saw Long Jiang's proud face, and they both secretly hoped that Li Qi could beat him.
The third of the four dishes was tasted. Although the first three dishes were better than each other, it did not affect everyone's expectations for Li Qi's puffer fish.
Song Huizong asked: "Have Li Qi's dishes been prepared?"
A little eunuch at the door said: "If we go back to the emperor, the official envoy has not been ready yet."
Song Huizong nodded slightly and said: "In that case, let's wait a little longer."
Everyone nodded and quickly drank tea and rinsed their mouths in preparation for the last dish.
After a while, I suddenly heard a eunuch shouting: "Coming, coming."
Everyone turned their attention to the door at the same time.
The first person to come in was not Li Qi, but two guards. They walked in carrying a one-meter-long plaque. Since the plaque was covered with a white thing, it was difficult to see what was inside.
It turned out that it was not Li Qi’s dish.
Everyone immediately looked disappointed and started whispering.
Song Huizong frowned and said, "Who asked you to come in? Who gave you the plaque you are carrying?"
Now, just as the epidemic is approaching, a plaque suddenly appears, which is really a bit of a disgrace to the scenery.
"Your Majesty, the minister asked them to carry it in."
As soon as he finished speaking, Li Qi came in with his two apprentices, and the three of them saluted Song Huizong.
Song Huizong said displeasedly: "Li Qi, why did you get a plaque for this? Where is your food?"
Wu and Chen had strange expressions on their faces after hearing this. They lowered their heads and snickered secretly.
These two little guys. Li Qi glared at them slightly, and then said to Song Huizong: "Your Majesty, this is my food!" As he said that, he pointed to the plaque, and then said to several guards:
"Put it on the table quickly."
Several guards immediately placed the plaque on the table and then retreated.
When everyone heard that the dish on the plaque was Li Qi's cooking, they were immediately dumbfounded and stared at each other. This appearance was indeed extraordinary. They were surprised but not happy.
Song Huizong was stunned for a while and then said: "You said this is a dish?"
"yes."
"Then this white one is a pufferfish?"
When the other three royal chefs heard about the pufferfish, their expressions changed drastically.
"White?"
Li Qi was stunned for a moment, then smiled and said: "Your Majesty, this white one is just steamed tofu skin. It is used to maintain moisture. I will take it off now." As he said this, he took out a small knife and lightly touched the sides of the wooden frame.
He made a light cut. Then he pinched one side with two fingers and slowly pulled it apart. A stream of white hot air immediately came out.
In the haze, everyone could vaguely see a painting of mountains and rivers.
Song Huizong took a deep breath of cold air. He stood up suddenly and walked forward. The others gathered around him.
I saw overlapping mountains, ancient cypresses and green bamboos, set off by the heat, as if shrouded in a veil, shadowy, far and near in the misty clouds and smoke, as if they were far away. They were also like the undulating waves of the sea, surging and surging.
, majestic and magnificent.
There is also a golden and red dragon hovering in the sky. On the left side of the dragon is a crescent moon. Beyond it are four big characters "The sun and the moon compete for glory". On the right side is half of the red sun, like a rising sun, with the same four characters written on the side.
A big character. "Swallow mountains and rivers with anger".
The upper half has a light white background, and the lower half has a light yellow background.
Everyone's expressions were surprisingly consistent, with their mouths slightly open and stunned.
Song Huizong trembled and said: "Is this a dish?"
"Exactly." Li Qi smiled slightly, stretched out his hand, and said, "The name of my dish is, 'The sun and the moon compete for glory, and the energy swallows the mountains and rivers'."
"The sun and the moon compete for glory, and the mountains and rivers are swallowed up?"
Cai Jing thought about it carefully, took another look at the dishes, and exclaimed: "Okay. This name is really well chosen. The sun and the moon compete for the glory, and the mountains and rivers are swallowed up. Hetun, river puffer, haha, wonderful, wonderful
Extremely."
Everyone was stunned and then understood that the golden dragon was the symbol of the emperor. Everyone knew that the sun and the moon were separated to the left and right, with the golden dragon in the middle. This undoubtedly meant that the light of the sun and the moon could not compete with the Nine-Five Lords who controlled the world.
This flattery is really amazing, it can be said to be unprecedented and unprecedented.
Wang Fu, who has always eaten with one mouth, completely gave in this time.
"Okay. Okay." Song Huizong couldn't help but burst into laughter. He was very satisfied with the name of the dish. His eyes couldn't help but fall on the top layer. He suddenly let out another sigh and said, "Isn't this handwriting so familiar?
"
Cai Jing also said thoughtfully: "Yes, this handwriting."
Zhang Zeduan suddenly raised his hands and said, "When I return to the emperor, this word was actually written by Wei Chen."
Song Huizong suddenly realized it and said: "Yes, this is what you wrote. No wonder it looks so familiar to me."
Li Qi smiled and said: "Actually, the recipe for this dish was designed by Weichen after he asked Academician Zhang to help Weichen."
Zuo Boqing smiled and thought to himself, no wonder he said earlier that Academician Zhang could paint such beautiful mountains and rivers even if he was sitting at home. It turned out that he had already seen it.
Zhang Zeduan nodded hurriedly and said: "Where, where, it's just a little effort. But Guanyan's painting with vegetables is even better than mine. I admire it, I admire it."
“Painting with vegetables?”
Everyone was shocked again, especially He Shiliebohe, a countryman. He was completely shocked when he saw that vegetables could be cooked in this way. Even if he tried it again, he would never imagine it.
Emperor Huizong of the Song Dynasty took a closer look and suddenly let out another sigh and said, "Are your mountains made of fish heads?"
Li Qi smiled and said: "Your Majesty, this is made from the head of puffer fish. Weichen used enoki mushrooms, minced ginger, shiitake mushrooms, tofu, celery, sage leaves, green onions and other ingredients to cook in one pot, and then put the thick soup into it.
Pour it into the fish head."
"It's really wonderful to use fish heads to make mountains."
Li Bangyan clapped his hands and asked: "Li Qi, is this entire 'painting' made of puffer fish?"
Li Qi smiled and said: "You can say that, and I also added some ingredients."
Using vegetables to paint? This is simply unheard of.
The people standing here are all a group of artists, and they are very knowledgeable about painting. No one thought of trying this dish, but gathered around and studied it carefully. (To be continued.)